Chapter 378 Ren-Melu
Nebula is a common environment in the universe, and its size also varies. The smaller ones may only be the size of an ordinary star system, while the larger ones can include hundreds or thousands of star systems.
Because the concentration of interstellar matter in the nebula is too large compared to the vacuum universe, it can block the transmission of various waves, and it is difficult for ordinary detection methods to be effective in this kind of place.
For some early interstellar civilizations, the "nebula" is a natural "secret base", because the outer detection waves cannot reach the depths of the nebula, these interstellar civilizations can hide many important facilities in it, and even hide these The planets in the local area have been transformed into "secret bases" in order to catch surprise one day.
However, this can only be aimed at the early interstellar civilizations with few detection methods. For the middle and late interstellar civilizations, the "nebula" is just a cosmic landscape with very beautiful colors on the space scale. They have many methods to detect the interior of the nebula .
Li Wenyuan's spacecraft came to the "Storm Origin" galaxy, which is located in a nebula called "Great Storm" by the "Exiles", and "Storm Origin" is right at the core of this nebula.
In the records of "Exiles", the "Great Storm" nebula has undergone a considerable number of supernova explosions in the recorded observations, and the matter ejected by those star explosions has become the main component of the nebula.
The "Origin of the Storm" is the place where the first supernova explosion occurred in the "Great Storm" nebula after careful inspection by the "Exile".
Moreover, the "Exiles" also believed that the supernova explosion of the "Origin of the Storm" caused an unknown chain reaction, causing the rest of the stars to also have a large explosion. This unknown chain reaction has always been a mystery in the "Exiles" .
But even so, the "exiles" still chose this place as the end of the "hell defense line". Play a little defensive role.
At this time, the "Exile" space fortress here detected the signal that the "Silencer" spacecraft appeared here, and all the sensor monitors were aimed at the "luminous spaceship" for a while.
Li Wenyuan's spacecraft still maintains the disguise of the "Silencer" spacecraft, and even the signals are exactly the same. This time he did not continue to use the stealth technology provided by the "Silencer", because he felt that it was unnecessary.
For the uninvited arrival of this "ally", the "exile" defenders here have shown considerable importance. After all, they are not "allies" in the true sense, and there is no agreement for them to form an alliance. "Tacit understanding" has allowed them to live in peace so far.
However, before there is a clear order from their superiors, they can only maintain the highest level of vigilance, always paying attention to each other's every move.
But Li Wenyuan ignored the other party's vigilance. After entering the edge of the galaxy and confirming that the probe had covered the entire galaxy, he remained motionless and quickly scanned the information in the galaxy.
It was not until more and more "Exile" spaceships began to approach the "Storm Origin" galaxy that Li Wenyuan terminated the scan, because he found his "abnormality".
"I see... Is this the birthplace of the 'Recorder'? It is also the origin of the 'Extractor'?"
In the dense interstellar dust and some stagnant celestial bodies, Li Wenyuan found the corpse of a kind of bacteria.
These bacterial corpses did not decompose in space, but miraculously maintained the state before death, and showed "thermophilic" characteristics in the analysis.
This coincides with the description of their creators by "Infinite Magic Machine", and the "Extractors" are indeed a group of "thermophilic bacteria".
It may not be possible to determine that these bacterial corpses are "extractors" based on this alone, but Li Wenyuan found more evidence on some "asteroids".
Those "asteroids" seem to be the rocky surfaces of some planets that were stripped by huge material jets after the supernova explosion. These rocks were captured by other planets during the flight. Then become a free comet.
The "Exiles" obviously did not scan these things carefully. The "Hell Line of Defense" is so long, it is impossible for them to spend more energy on this kind of thing. That is to say, pay attention to the "big wound" that is obviously abnormal at first glance.
But on these asteroids, Li Wenyuan found something related to "extractors" or even "recorders".
Related to the "Extractor" are some alloys embedded in the interior of the asteroid. This alloy is impossible to appear under natural conditions. At the same time, there are characters engraved on this alloy, which can be concluded to be a man-made product.
After comparing those characters, Li Wenyuan confirmed that they were the characters used by "Infinite God Machine", so he concluded that these alloy fragments were related to "Extractor".
And the contents of those characters are: Friendship Monument.
This alloy seems to belong to a "monument" originally, but it was torn apart by the jet of matter in the supernova explosion and embedded in the rock.
Li Wenyuan found many "monument" fragments like this, with more than 3,000 pieces in large and small sizes. Even though there are still a lot of missing pieces after putting them together, he can still deduce the content of the "monument text".
That was probably the time when the "Extractor" was still very active. This group of thermophilic bacteria was born in the cosmic space around this star, and began to absorb a large amount of the star's heat.
During this process, they encountered a civilization called "Ren-Melu" and had a certain degree of communication with this civilization.
Originally, Li Wenyuan was still thinking about this strangely pronounced civilization, but the subsequent introduction made him realize that "Ren Milu" is actually the creator of the "Suzheng Agreement".
These "monumental texts" mentioned that "Ren-Melu" is trying to create a unique mechanical intelligence. For this reason, they are constantly looking for groups with special thinking patterns in the universe, such as various hive consciousnesses.
Bacterial clusters such as "Extractors" are similar to the collective consciousness model, but they are different. Individual bacteria cannot produce consciousness, but they can be born through incomprehensible chemical reactions after the number of bacteria reaches a certain level. out of collective consciousness.
“Ren-Melu” was very interested in the way of thinking of the “abstractors”. After obtaining the consent of the “abstractors”, he conducted research on them, and then established a very close relationship.
The "Infinity God Machine" was also manufactured at that time, the "abstractor" provided the requirements, and "Ren-Melu" was responsible for the construction, and finally gave the "abstractor" free of charge as a thank you for cooperating with the research.
This monument was erected on a certain planet in the "Origin of the Storm" galaxy following the gift of the "Infinite God Machine".
The content of the monument ends here. Although there are not many parts related to "Ren-Meilu", it is enough to make Li Wenyuan think that this civilization is the civilization that created the "Suzheng Agreement".
Not to mention how many civilizations can be in the same era as the "Extractor", just the demand of "trying to create a kind of mechanical intelligence" points its identity to the creator of the "Suzheng Agreement", who can The strength of the civilization that designed the "Infinite God Machine" is by no means ordinary.
It's a pity that most of the things related to "Extractor" here have become cosmic dust over time and supernova explosions. Li Wenyuan guessed that the abnormal supernova explosion in the "Great Storm" nebula may also be related to "Extractor".
Although this group of thermophilic bacteria will absorb the energy of the star and cause the star to be unstable, but when they are still alive, they will definitely prevent the star from erupting in advance, which can be regarded as stabilizing the state of the star in disguise.
After they committed suicide, this "unstable stable state" also collapsed, creating a series of serial supernova explosions.
However, in addition to this part related to the "extractor", Li Wenyuan also discovered the part related to the "recorder".
Those are also some alloy fragments embedded in the asteroid, and he was originally regarded as the fragment of the "relic of civilization" of the "extractor".
But after some simple measurements, Li Wenyuan confirmed that the age of these fragments was too late compared to the "extractor", and they were not of the same age at all.
As more and more pieces of this other kind were found, Li Wenyuan gradually pieced together the contents on it, which was a "Doomsday Prophecy Monument".
(end of this chapter)